Oil-storage tank



B. K. APPLEMAN OIL STORAGE TANK Filed May 13, 1927 thendanger of fire.

' tank is fitte Patented 18, ,1928,

UNiTi-:a STATES-- BOYD x. APPLEMAN, orBEAUnoNr, Taxes.'

Application med -nay-1a,

storage tankembdying the invention, and.'

Fig. 2 isa horizontal section. on theline- 2 2 'of Fig. 1. L s The main tank 1 In the top 2 of the tank is fitted .the end ofan oil outlet lpipe 3 and/at the bottom'of the.- the deliveryend of. a waterpipe 4 whereby water maybe lpumped into the tank as oil -is withdrawn sothatthe tank atall times will befu-ll of either oil. or water` or oil and water and an accumula*V tion of air therein cannot (fccur. The top of the. tank is also formedwith a plurality of small openings therethrough and in each of said openings is'securedtlie lower end-'of :1 tube 5 of small diameter whichrises vffroln'. the tank, as clearly shown in Fig. 1,-the .up-

per ends' of the tubesfbeing'Y conveniently braced and maintained inspacedrelation by a plate or web 6 which fits around the tubes and Within a housing'stack 7 which'is also secured upon the top of the tank and extends around the entire group of tubes in spaced relation thereto so as to provide a Water space yvhich Will protect the tubesl from the effect of exceedingly high tem eratures and also provide for expansionlan contraction as the temperature of the atmosphere may vary.

' Above the web 6 small openings-8 are lformed relation there.

thereby del'ecte downwardly before being permitted. tio-mingle with the surrounding at-` mos ercair." is-supplied -to the stack 7. through a'wter'-pipe 11 and openings 12 are formed .through the top /plate or header 6to. rovide -for overflow. The water will flow 'lsf through the stack`7 as to vent. the same and prmit escape of anyfumes which 'may arise the v011 duc to evaporation. order om tocheck evaporati n and the consequent formation of -fumes and also protect. the tubes from the weather and vother elements, a lid 9 rests uponfthe upp stack 7 and is provided wlth a ependng rim 10which encirles the stack in s aced the escaping fumes ough may be of any approved, construction and of any desired dimensions.

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1927. serial No.f191,21. Y lthe outlets.- 8 'thence down the sides of the Besides Water-j acketing theV tubesl, evapora-4 tion is thiisreduced. and .c0ndensat1on ef- `fected.

Assuming. thfank tube emptyof both .011

and water oil'isy fed thereinto in theusual manner so--as'to completely fill 'the tank and i 1.695.358. 5 TENT- Astack and over themaimtank to the ground.

rise Within` the tubes 5 so that' all air will bev.

expelled. 'As the oil is drawn olf l,for con- 'sumptiom virater` is 4forced into the' tank through the pipe 4 so that the level of the oil is maintained substantially constant, at least ias high as the linef2-2V Fig. 1`, and n o air is permitted to accumulate .in the tank. The '1 combination of air an`d :oil 'which tends to produce an explosive- Vapor orlfume' is thus ple and any 'fumes which may possi lykrise from the vupper'surfaceof the oil withln the safety tubes 5 'will pass out to the outside air" through the vents A8I and under the rim10 of the lid. Flame which may'bevthrough acci# dent or otherwise, brpught near the tank will cause very-little, if fny, damage for'the rea' son that'afterthebxygen in the air above the avoided;` It will be noted atl once that the l construction of the device 'is exceedin ly simtubes 5 or within the upper ends of said tubes is consumed the fire burns out, and conf ilagration which may be due`to'- lightning or to carelessness cannot occur. The lid 9.pro'

tectsjthe oil from the direct effect of a stroke,v

of lightning and also makes it diliicult for any flame to reach the interior ofi-the structure.

, Having .thus described the. invention,- I clain`1:.

1. Means for storing oil comprising a tubes Afitted inthe top of the tank and .rising therefrom, and a Water-jacketing housi'n mounted von the top of the tank around sai tubes in spaced' relation' thereto, said housing vbeing closed to the tank and rovided with vent and overiow openings a jacent its up-- per end' below the upper ends'ofthe tubes. 2. Means for storing oil comprisin -a tank,

a pluralit of tubes secured in and rising from securedupon the top of the in spaced r`e lation to the tubes andk housing the same and provided adjacent its upper end below. the upper ends of the tubeswith vent openin the tubesbeing open to the terior of lise tank .and the .stack being .closed thereto, .and a' lid resting 'on and extendin over the upper end qf the stack spaced re ation. to the up! 'the top o the tank, a water-containingstack f los' per ends of the tubes and provided with a depending rim encircling the stack and spaced thererom. Y v- 3. Means for storing oil comprising a tank, 5 a plurality of tubes secured inand rising from the top of the tank,A a water-containing stack secured upon the top of the tank in spaced relation to the tubes and housing the same and `provided adjacent its upper end below the 10 upper ends of the tubes with vent openings,`

the tubes being open to the interior of the tank and' the stack being closed thereto, a-plate 'secured in undA extending across the stack bebelow the upper ends of the tubes and the vent openings in the stack, said plate fitting closely 15 Von and extending over the upper end of the stack in spaced relation to the upper ends of the tubes and provided with a depending rim 20` encircling the stack and spaced therefrom. v

In testimony whereof l aiix my signature.

BOYD K. APPLEMAN. [es] 

